pistolsafwrote:
It surprised me that Viz was the one who got it. Have Viz ever licensed a Starchild Records series before? It's an interesting choice for them, would be good for their Neon Alley down the road but this is more of a fujoshi oriented show than anything else.

Actually, seeing the trailers, GoHands is trying to appeal to both audiences. There's the usual bishounen/fujoshi bait, but there's also the big-boobed neko girl.

Plus, the general idea behind the series is of a shounen. A fight between "seven kings", each with their own power etc.

pistolsafwrote:
It surprised me that Viz was the one who got it. Have Viz ever licensed a Starchild Records series before? It's an interesting choice for them, would be good for their Neon Alley down the road but this is more of a fujoshi oriented show than anything else.

Actually, seeing the trailers, GoHands is trying to appeal to both audiences. There's the usual bishounen/fujoshi bait, but there's also the big-boobed neko girl...

...who hates wearing clothes, of course.

Wasn't on my list anyways so I am not crying about that one being Viz Hulu (yet).

What else has Crunchyroll picked up for this season? I kept my Premium Membership because I wanted to see Robotics;Notes and JoJo. If Hiiro no Kakera is all they've got this season, I'll have to cancel my membership...

What else has Crunchyroll picked up for this season? I kept my Premium Membership because I wanted to see Robotics;Notes and JoJo. If Hiiro no Kakera is all they've got this season, I'll have to cancel my membership...

Don't worry, apparently they're going to announce a title a day based off of that New Fall Titles post from yesterday
We always get a lot of shows each season, now whether they get Jojo or Robotics;Notes is a different matter but have patience, most of the shows' air time doesn't start until around first week of October

What else has Crunchyroll picked up for this season? I kept my Premium Membership because I wanted to see Robotics;Notes and JoJo. If Hiiro no Kakera is all they've got this season, I'll have to cancel my membership...

Don't worry, apparently they're going to announce a title a day based off of that New Fall Titles post from yesterday
We always get a lot of shows each season, now whether they get Jojo or Robotics;Notes is a different matter but have patience, most of the shows' air time doesn't start until around first week of October

It's going to be like the twelve days of Christmas soon with new anime series announced daily.

Now, I may go down to anime only membership if they only have one J drama simulcast like they did this summer

What else has Crunchyroll picked up for this season? I kept my Premium Membership because I wanted to see Robotics;Notes and JoJo. If Hiiro no Kakera is all they've got this season, I'll have to cancel my membership...

I see you joined in July, so I assume you have no previous experience with Crunchyroll's simulcast announcements.

They don't announce everything at once. Although they sometimes have made a number of announcements at once (e.g., they announced 10 titles on one day last season), it is more typical that they announce between 1 - 3 per day.

Also, on the lineup page, don't assume that the number of boxes shown are all the titles they will announce. It is common for them to get down to as few as a single "?" box then add another, or even a few additional, and repeat that a few times.

For the summer 2012 season, as an example, CR didn't finish their last announcement until July 18, after both shows they announced had already started. In previous seasons, they've actually ended up being able to license a show as deep as 6-7 weeks into the season.

Regarding Robotics;Notes, keep in mind it doesn't premiere until October 11, so CR doesn't have to be in any rush to announce it.

No announcements today. They've changed the next scheduled announcement dates so one is tomorrow, one is Friday and one is Saturday(I imagine if they're announcing on a Saturday, that is a panel announcement and will likely be more than one)

The Anime Spotlight for Shin Sekai Yori(From the New World) makes it sound like TV Asahi's the distributor and not Aniplex(yes, it does say world famous A-1 Pictures). I don't know what TV Asahi's relationships to R1 companies are, but I cannot seem to shake the feeling that Funimation is going to get this series. It just seems more "Western" than most of the anime this season. There is still the possibility of Aniplex USA or Sentai licensing it of course.